Anyone here qualified as a helicopter pilot and able to recommend good place to go and learn?
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A place where they have some helicopters would be a good start together with a high-flying instructor whose style of teaching is quite uplifting.Originally posted by VitoAnyone here qualified as a helicopter pilot and able to recommend good place to go and learn? -
Yep, an airfield is a good place to learn. You could try Tescos car park but it gets crowded during the day.Comment
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Horse riding last week and helicopter lessons this weekOriginally posted by VitoAnyone here qualified as a helicopter pilot and able to recommend good place to go and learn?
Check yourself for midlife crisis. Its injurious to health.Comment
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If you read some of the pilots forums 'copters are frowned upon - a plane once airborne will pretty much fly itself, 'copters on the otherhand seem to want to punish any mistakes with flying into the ground.
Which is weird as the design of them should allow for safe gyro rotation to the ground in the event of loss of powerHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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I believe HyperD was a 'copter pilotYour parents ruin the first half of your life and your kids ruin the second halfComment
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If the helicopters engine fails what happens? Whith a plane you could possibly glide it down.............
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A guy I met did his in Nelson (South Island, Kiwiland) probably here.
Was V cheap compared to UK - even with airfares etc added"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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ThisOriginally posted by BagpussIf the helicopters engine fails what happens? Whith a plane you could possibly glide it down.............
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